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AMD Zen 5 CPUs See First Microcode Updates In Linux-Firmware.Git


AMD yesterday upstreamed a batch of new CPU microcode files to linux-firmware.git as the de facto repository where component firmware/microcode is easily distributed to Linux distributions

As it's not timed to a Patch Tuesday security disclosure, presumably the CPU microcode updates are just for functional issues and other random fixes. In any event the new files are out there for those interested in the updated CPU microcode for recent AMD Zen processors.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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